Did you ever buy a game solely for its box art?

Post by **vlame** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 12:08 am

o.pwuaioc wrote:
AppleQueso wrote:People buying games based on Box Art is why the Master System stood no chance against the NES in the US.
Seriously, what were they thinking? Even the way earlier 2600 had far superior box art.

sega dun goofed

Post by **mobiusclimber** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:42 am

Xeogred wrote:You're a fan of Suikoden's boxart aren't you?

Wow, who knew primetime soap opera Dynasty received a video game treatment? This game looks to answer the question, What happened to the souls of the characters who died in the infamous ninjas-with-machine-guns wedding episode.

Post by **KingDavid73** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:14 pm

I do that a lot now for retro games. I'll be browsing the piles of cartridges and pick up goofy looking ones. As for newer games -> Earth Defense Force 2017. It looked so amazing!

Post by **Czernobog** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:31 pm

I can in all honesty say that if I saw a CIB copy of Ballz 3D I would pick it up for it's mind-blowing box art. I would display it proudly.

Post by **KingDavid73** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:46 pm

Czernobog wrote:I can in all honesty say that if I saw a CIB copy of Ballz 3D I would pick it up for it's mind-blowing box art. I would display it proudly.

I did that! I found it a few months ago for like $2 CIB. The box art is awesome.

Post by **Nutty** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:52 pm

BoneSnapDeez wrote:Hyperdimension Neptunia. Bought solely for the box art and bonus art book.

Yea, I love this box. I need to get over my fear of buying a game with sub-par reviews though. I know some folks here love it.

Post by **Rokogu** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 7:19 am

I remember on like my 7th birthday, i was at Toys R Us and I saw Final Fantasy VII, I had no idea what it was at the time, I didn't even know what an RPG was lol. But i picked it up without knowing anything about it, went home and played it for the rest of my life lol.

Post by **KingDavid73** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 9:54 am

Rokogu wrote:I remember on like my 7th birthday, i was at Toys R Us and I saw Final Fantasy VII, I had no idea what it was at the time, I didn't even know what an RPG was lol. But i picked it up without knowing anything about it, went home and played it for the rest of my life lol.

I traded a couple crappy PSX games w/ a friend and got FFVII out of the deal. I was like 12 probably and never even heard of the RPG genre before that...

HLTB · Post by **Xeogred** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:13 pm

I traded a skateboard for FFVII and still have it to this day, it's mint and the black label edition. I bet my friend regrets that... lmao.

Post by **KingDavid73** » Thu Oct 13, 2011 1:14 pm

Xeogred wrote:I traded a skateboard for FFVII and still have it to this day, it's mint and the black label edition. I bet my friend regrets that... lmao.

I let a friend borrow my black label copy a couple years after that trade and he ended up selling it to FuncoLand for like $5....

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